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That’s what I would do. 7-7 3 MH that fits your budget. A spinning rod, a MH & that 735 would cover a lot of baits.

They’rea little heavier than most but I love my Daiwa BG’s.

Came here to post this. I think it was Culprit that used to make a salt & pepper that was a clear worm with black specks. It worked good in really clear water.

Those Trika rods are interesting. Haven’t heard much chatter about them yet though.

I read that in Bassmaster magazine back in the late 80’s. It works really good.

Rain X works well too.

Bait_Wrx has $30 off on Bass X & Mojo Bass rods https://bait-wrx.com/collections/st-croix-bass-x-and-mojo-bass

The lake we fished last weekend is loaded with smallies. All they were hitting were Ned’s. I threw everything at them too.

I looked a little deeper into those but I don’t think it would do anything my Toadface couldn’t.

I hate to keep beating the drum but I really do like the two I have. The sensitivity is close enough to my IMX that I honestly can’t feel a difference. Especially not $150 worth.

I'm also looking at a IMX-PRO 844c. But my ALX Zolo Deputy is so close to my IMX 853 that it's hard to spend the extra $. Which gets me back to the ALX rods...

How’s the sensitivity? I know @WRB talks pretty highly about them too.

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ProductoLure tournament worms in 6”& 8”, same worms for 40 years. Also the Five Tackle Big Cuz and Suresack mag worms. I have a duffle bag full of others but I use these the most.

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My 3/8 jig rod is a IMX-Pro 853 JWR. A 904 MBR might be the ticket too.

Hahahaha.... You know though, I am wanting a good jig rod....

I'll check those out too. For the right rod I could go to $450.

Those interest me too. I've never owned or even fished a Megabass. That just makes me jealous

That's true, but my Toadface flat hucks a frog.

Thanks for all that info man. That AGS is up on my radar. I’m not in a huge hurry to decide. The TFO will work for now but I just don’t really like it.

I do like NFC blanks I have a 610 MXF Tatula spinning rod that kicks ass.

First off, sorry for so many of these posts this year. I'm upgrading a few rods and appreciate the knowledge and experience here... I've really got into jig fishing this year. I bought a TFO Tactical Elite 736 and it just doesn't do it for me. Compared to the rest of my rods it's a pretty dead stick. I'm looking to throw up to 3/4oz plus a trailer so probably around 1oz total. Something that would go down to 3/8 plus a trailer would be a bonus. It would be nice if it could make a good pitching rod as well. But mostly it'll be a bottom dragging rod. Budget is up to around $350.